Woven-wire slipper



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WOVEN WIRE SLIPPER.

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WOVEN WIRE SLIPPER.

No. 591,888. Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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ALFRED B. SEAY, OF LESLIE, IONVA.

WOVEN-WIRE SLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,888, dated October 19, 1897.

Application filed December 11, 1896. Serial No. 615,316. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. SEAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leslie, in the county of Clarke and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVoven-Wire Slippers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appe rtains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in footwear-protectors.

My object is to provide a novel form of protecting-slipper for footwear, which will be adapted to prevent the footwear from becoming out or injured when in use.

Having this object in view the invention consists of a protector of the class described comprising certain improved features and novel combinations of parts appearing more fully hereinafter.

' In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a boot equipped with my improved protector; Fig. 2, a bottom view; Fig. 3, a similar view as Fig. 1, showing a different manner of connecting the slipper; Fig. 4, a view of the felt boot equipped with my improved slipper and having an outside protective covering, and Fig. 5 a view showing the protector permanently secured to the tip of a shoe.

My improved slipper, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is made in the same shape as an ordinary overshoe, but it is constructed of wirenetting 1, which has two flaps 2 and 3 that pass up over the instep, and are detachably secured together by a buckle 4. The meshes can be as fine or as coarse as desirable, according to the use to which the footwear is to be subjected.

In Fig. 3 the construction of the protecting-slipper is the same as that in Figs. 1 and 2, but in this instance the flaps are permanently riveted to the portions of the shoe-upper, instead of being buckled together, the rivets being shown at 5.

In Fig. 4 the slipper is put on over the shoe, and a layer of rubber 6 of afelt boot and an outside layer of rubber 7 is placed over the slipper.

tor is well adapted to serve in, connection with childrens shoes to prevent the same from becoming damaged at .the toe or tip. It will be observed that the protector shown in Fig. 5 is of slightly-different construction than the protectors shown in the other figures, as the wire is woven together in a different manner. The wire can be woven in any manner, however, and the shape of the slipper could be changed in many particulars without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The slipper is well adapted to protect the footwear, no matter what its shape or construction may be, by preventing the same from becoming cut or injured. If desirable, the wiring of the slipper could be made to lie under the sole rather than on the sides-of the shoe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The herein-described protecting-slipper for footwear made from woven wire and in casing the shoe-upper and extending across the bottom of the sole, said slipper having flaps connecting. it to the footwear.

2. The herein-described detachable protecting-slipper adapted to fit over the boot or shoe and constructed of woven wire and having flaps, and a buckle for fastening the ALFRED B. SEAY.

Witnesses:

A. BRUBAKER, JOHN W. HALL. 

